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Britain has become a country of braggarts and show-offs

8 December 2018

9:00 AM

8 December 2018

9:00 AM

Over the past 20 years, the old British trait of self-deprecation has been killed off. And in its place, boasting is booming.

Last week, I was told by an 80-year-old Scottish businessman what a successful shipping tycoon he is, how wonderful his poems are, and why young women find him so attractive.

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